Online Obituaries Sunday, July 18, 1999 July obits by date  July obits by name June obits by date  June obits by name Click here for today's obituaries    Gretchen E. Huebsch, 81, of St. James, died Thursday, July 15, 1999 in Mountain Lake.    Services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday at St. Matthew's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Butterfield with burial in Decoria Township Cemetery, rural Mankato, at 1:45 p.m.    Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. today and 7:30-8 a.m. on Monday at the Sturm Funeral Home in St. James.    She is survived by her daughter, Helen Christensen of Greenville, Texas; three grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; brothers, Dick Strenge and wife, Norma of Cambria, Calvin Strenge of Windom, Lawrence Strenge and wife, Grace of Odin and John Strenge and wife Loris of St. James; sisters, Josephine Penner of Windom, Evangeline Harder of Moutain Lake, Florence and husband, Donald Snook of Ironton and Annabelle Olson of Mountain Lake; and many nieces, and nephews.    She was preceded in death by her husband, Gustav, in 1985; brothers, George and Eilert; sisters, Dena and Margaret; a son-in-law, Terry Christensen; a sister-in-law, Myrtle Strenge; brothers-in-law, Leland Olson and Diedrich Harder; three nieces, and her parents.    She was raised in Amboy Township, Cottonwood County, where she received her education in District Schools. On Jan. 27, 1937, she married Gustav Ernst Huebsch in Mountain Lake. The couple made their home and farmed in Jackson County until 1947. They lived and farmed in Bingham Lake, Comfrey, Mountain Lake and Butterfield areas.    While living in Mountain Lake, she worked at the local creamery and while in Butterfield, she worked for Butterfield Produce. She and Gustav later moved to St. James where she was employed at Scherr-Tumcio until retirement. She was a member of St. Matthew's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Butterfield and she was also a member of the Butterfield VFW Auxiliary. She was a Grey Ladies volunteer at Pleasant View Care Center and a former advisory board director for Citizens State Bank Senior Partners and was past recipient of Watonwan County's Outstanding Senior Citizens award.